#How to format usb for mac and windows windows 10

To fix this, in Disk Management, right-click on the large/unidentified new data volume and click вЂњChange Drive Letter and PathsвЂ¦вЂќ.

#How to format usb for mac and windows windows 10

Go into Windows 10 Disk Management and find the drive listed in the discovered drives, but you may find that a drive letter is not associated with the volume. One thing to note, is after initially formatting the drive on a Mac, and then attaching the external drive to a Windows 10 PC, the drive may not immediately display with a drive letter by default in the Windows File Explorer.Also, notice that the Created/Modified dates may not be accurate, however, files and folders contained in the drive will display accurate modified dates/times. Permissions can only be set if the drive is formatted with вЂњOS X ExtendedвЂќ. You can see that indeed it created an 8TB ExFAT Volume, but the Sharing and Permissions cannot be modified. Control-click or right-click on the device in the Finder, and click вЂњGet InfoвЂќ.Your drive should now be listed under Devices in the Finder.Once the drive has been erased, again, Time Machine will prompt to use as a backup disk вЂ“ select вЂњDonвЂ™t UseвЂќ.Under вЂњSchemeвЂќ drop-down menu, select вЂњGUID Partition MapвЂќ.Under вЂњFormatвЂќ drop-down menu, select вЂњExFATвЂќ.At the top of Disk Utility, click the вЂњEraseвЂќ button.Select the вЂњhighest-levelвЂќ of the drive, not the partitions located underneath.On the left side of Disk Utility, under External, you should see your drive listed.The Mac will automatically prompt if you want to use the drive as a Time Machine backup Disk вЂ“ click вЂњDonвЂ™t UseвЂќ.